Christine Modafferi and Joseph Baione are engaged

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An October wedding is being planned by Annadale residents Christine Modafferi and Joseph Baione.

The future bride is the daughter of Joanne Modafferi of Richmond, who is announcing the engagement, and the late Louis Modafferi. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Barbara and Christopher Baione of Dongan Hills.

Miss Modafferi is a graduate of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, Huguenot. She earned both a bachelor of arts degree in education and English and a master’s degree in education from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, N.J. She is a teacher with Barnes Intermediate School, Great Kills.

Mr. Baione is a graduate of St. Joseph by-the-Sea High School, Huguenot, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Newark, where he was a member of the baseball team. He is a partner with Stafford Unlimited Pest Management, based in Dongan Hills.